guys... i forgor

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mmmm white board

he's like. a cool guy or something

small headcannon ig- :] Yesterday I was at the movies and I KEPT talking. It's very annoying, I know but I can't stop- I feel like if the ranchers (au), if they would go to the movies: Tango would talk ALL the time, non stop. Either about the movie or just about redstone, decked out (in my 'modern ranchers au' (might just be in another person's) Decked out is an individual game that Tango programmed) and all the other things on his, always busy with something, mind. He would also do that while munching on popcorn until it's gone (usually takes about..half the time of the ads b4 the movie even starts) Jimmy on the other hand, would either fall asleep or just watch the movie like a normal person would (sometimes adding something on to Tango's words) As by the time the movie starts, Tango has eaten all the snacks, he would just sip on his drink (either some kind of ice tea or a coke??? haven't thought of that yet) untill Tango snaches it from him and drinks the rest lol By the end of the movie, when the lights turn on again, Tango would stand up with a big strech, yawn..and continue rambling while Jimmy would stare at him with a 'I'll never go to the movies with you ever again' look (which is a lie ofc) The rambling would continue all the way back Headcannon aint that small anymore- ty for reading my ramblings lol

also some recent drawins cuz I’ve been SLACKIN

OK I HAVE TO TELL SOMEONE BOUT THIS.

(everything’s probably subject to change since I’m indecisive but also if tou like any of this USE IT!!! and tag me so I can see >:])

so yesterday and today I’ve been brainstorming ideas for phantoms (because I’m always doing that. its always phantoms. all for you bdubs. had to happen atleast once in rhis sketchbook.)

as seen here:

and so they’re mossy. they’re planty. I was thinking that they’d have moss and lichens and ferns and stuff growing along their spine and under their wings and on their tails and stuff. they’d maybe even have mossy manes.

and then I HAD AN IDEA

IF YOU CANT READ MY ATTOCIOUS HANDWRITINF. that’s basically saying about how

phantom children grow in. the. parents. ribcage. like from seeds or a special plant or something? and THEYRE SUSTAINED BY THEIR PARENTS???

they’re mostly blueish greenish viney mossy creachurrs for the first moons of life. BUT THEN. THEN.

the bones that the parent would “eat” would somehow be integrated into the baby phantom? AND THATS HOW THEY GROW THEIR BONES? they grow scales and sharper, more phantom-esque ridges by also. BY ALSO. THEY ALSO ABSORB THE PARENTS OLD BONES AND SCALES.

(because the “outer” rib cage bones are kinda weaker and they sometimes shed. same w scales, but the scales are much stronger and just kinda fall off sometimes lmao)

so like. the little phantom baby is a seedling, nurtured by their parent’s life force and natural environment in their bones, and they. they grow. they always have some of yheir parent in them, and this also means that the physical shape of phantoms is much more varied, since they absorb bones of a lot of critters that the parent eats.

and the parent phantom of course needs to eat lots more calcium abd stuff so their nest communtiy focuses on bringing them more food and protecting them.

I also imagine that phantoms live in sort of, under mountain ridges? like when there’s a big arc and a hollow dpace underneath it, the phantoms nest on the roof of that hollow space and build up a mossy nest jungle thing. it’s like a bunch of plant webs. and the plants don’t need sunlight, they’re instead sustained by the phantoms (sort of a lifeforce bond?) and decaying meat and the nutrients those contain.

OUH I LOVE PHANTOMS SO MUCH

peak half assed inclusivity that speaks to reality

good on Lego for making a physically disabled Lego dude

absolutely incredible accidental commentary by making him not fit in any of the buildings

a collection of secret life thoughts

So a bit late, but the secret life finale(which was amazing) has gotten me thinking abt the canary curse again.

As a writer and artist that loves the tragic possibility of being doomed by the narrative i have several ideas as to how jimmys death plays into the canary curse. While its totally possible that its been broken, these are just some thoughts/sorta explanations that have been running through my head. (Def includes inspo from the eyes and ears stream)

-canaries are heralds of death, but miners often became attached and attempted to save the birds even if it put them in danger. Lizzies death might have come first, ‘saving’ him, but it was still futile. Possible tie into the parallels to last life where mumbo dies right after jimmy and dies because he tried to save/mourn his friend

-jimmys death and the canary curse are a token prt of the series and the watchers and listeners are aware of this. The watchers want to uphold the curse throughout the life series to create tragedy and yada yada. The listeners want to disrupt the watchers plans and lizzie dying first represents their efforts to at least complicate the lives if the watchers. The struggle between the two groups is ongoing and a casualty of that struggle for the watchers is an inability to kill jimmy first, but they recover swiftly enough to ensure he dies second. This one is pulled from the eyes and ears stream and i like the idea that we have no way of seeing the watcher/listener conflict other than through the impactd it has on the players

-I absolutley love Lizzie, but i also like th idea that her death came as an oversight. She was a quieter player to the point where some of her failed tasks came as a result of people ignoring her (like with her slumber party) and her final death came as a result of failing to kill scott. Scott doesnt even fight back, and in the end its a game mechanic thst takes her out, not a player. obvs the idea that the watchers/game itself forgot she existed is tragic, but its a series about death games so it fits the vibe, and i kinda like the thought that the watchers let her die because she didnt make enough of an impact on them. (i mostly like this take because its dramatic and fits with the idea of the canary curse bringing death/tragedy lmao)

anyways, just some thoughts since having feelings over block characters is a totally normal hobby. any other thoughts/comments/new ideas?

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art momenr

"trauma" is a placeholder. idk what I'm doing

but also you can see the inspirations for this design if you know my fandoms fr

qnyways I hc that this little guy (doesn't have a name AUGH) works at like. an arctic research base called northstorm. the designs are not solidified ❗❕(I'm indecisive)

It’s very interesting on how both on last life and on secret life, it was jimmy who got Lizzie turned into red.

In last life it all started bc Jimmy accidentally fell for Lizzie’s anti-boogeyman trap! It was an accident! And it got jimmy turned into red!

And jimmy, decided to set up a trap and because of his little trap, it got Lizzie down to her last life which spiraled down to her villian arc and revenge arc.

But on secret life it was actually on accident, which again made a domino effect leading to her to spiral down to revenge and to villany, and it indirectly lead to her death, again.

But this time, she was the first one to die

Breaking Jimmy’s canary curse (only for him to die right after her)

It almost as if jimmy just- passed down his curse to her

I mean he was the reason why Lizzie went red which lead her to villany and her death.

is anyone out. there

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On 3l!Jimmy and guilt and FH and various tangential things: a post that got out of hand and morphed into something completely different by the end. Enjoy?

I read a good Jimmy analysis post a while back on how important Jimmy’s pride is to him, and how he’ll back himself up when no one else will, often to his own detriment. And this is such a key part of his character, right. Jimmy doesn’t often withdraw or get all nervous and shy when bad shit happens to him, he gets louder and angry and all riled up about it. He projects his insecurities outwards and then picks battles over anything he perceives as an insult.

So it is strange how that seems to be… almost missing in third life. In that series specifically, he withdraws more often than not, he fears making independent decisions, and he makes concessions he typically would rather make a stupid hill to die on than consider:

Joel and Martyn tell Jimmy they feel lied to, and Jimmy is quick to ask how he can make it up to them, agreeing to give them cows for free. Jimmy is threatened by Grian and Scar into giving up his diamond chestplate and he folds easily, then goes home to tell Scott he just “wasn’t thinking.” Jimmy gets blown up by Grian’s tnt trap and says the walls around the flower valley need to go up, he says he’s never leaving his house again, and after it’s all settled he’s afraid to even walk home without Scott.

Honestly the only time he ever picks a fight in true Jimmy fashion is in Episode 1 with Martyn over some stupid sign placement, and then with the red army negotiations when he burned the banner— but that, notably, wasn’t a personal pride thing! It was a very Jimmy way to go about it, but he got defensive because he thought they were going to hurt Scott, and spitting in their faces was the best way he knew how to protect him (as this is how Jimmy typically protects himself).

He’s just very tame, overall. Defanged. He doesn’t stand up for himself like he usually does.

And yknow. If I had to take just. A personal guess as to why that is. I think the difference primarily stems from 3l!Jimmy’s tendency to take on personal blame for things that aren’t even his fault. A Jimmy character feeling bad about the things he’s done isn’t new, he often does do regrettable things, but what sets 3l!Jimmy apart is that he excessively self blames for what are often unsubstantiated reasons.

Grian’s tnt trap triple kill (emphasis on Grian’s) is the most dramatic example. After Jimmy accidentally activates it, he repeatedly stresses just how bad he feels about it, and apologizes to skizz directly, telling him he feels like he’s “ruined everything.” Jimmy blames himself entirely for this incident, to the point where it allows for him and Scott to team up with desert duo, who DIRECTLY SET UP the trap and OUTRIGHT TOOK CREDIT FOR the kills, in the next episode without even a mention of caution or bitterness. This is irrational; if Jimmy were to ask any given person if they genuinely think the deaths were his fault, I don’t think anybody would seriously say that it was.

Except for Scott. Scott would say it is, and that’s the issue. He did say it, actually, first implying it (“Jimmy I told you that we needed to shoot it from a distance!”) but then outright telling him (“You killed two people!”)*. Scott later backpedals a bit, telling Jimmy that it was Grian and Scar who gave him the loaded gun, and it wasn’t him that brought it. While nice, that sentiment was seemingly too little too late.

* (both of these are said in the scene at about 25:33, ep4 of Scott’s pov in case anyones curious. assuming my timestamps from a year ago are correct if theyre not lmk. I also have rough timestamps for like everything else referenced in here in one big document so if anyone needs them feel free to ask)

This is all to say: I think Jimmy’s self blaming tendencies and, by extension, his unusual lack of self confidence this season are a result of his relationship with Scott. While the TNT trap incident was the catalyst for those feelings being brought so front and center, I do believe that Scott created an environment which normalized Jimmy taking on personal blame for things aren’t his fault beforehand, or at the very least disproportionate amounts of it (so when he legitimately fucks up and makes a disastrous mistake, it’s the only thing he thinks to do). Primarily because Scott, himself, blames Jimmy for a lot of things, but also because Jimmy doesn’t understand the motivations behind a lot of how Scott treats him, and has to retroactively fill in the blanks with what makes sense. Full transparency: I am staking this ladder claim on both his undying admiration for Scott seen throughout the entire series that would require a thought process like this to support, and one (1) interaction between him and Martyn in episode 1. However, I’d still argue it’s a significant interaction.

MARTYN: I just seen you get slapped around, like what’s- what’s going on?

JIMMY: I just- Y’know- just. well we’re living opposite each other…

MARTYN: Are you happy living with Scott?

JIMMY: WE’RE LIVING— We’re living opposite each other! And he builds fantastic. And mine just looks like- I’m just not a builder, y’know? Just not a builder.

And. Personally. To me. Answering “What’s going on?” with “I’m just not a builder” in regards to Scott pushing him around implies that Jimmy made a connection between him being a bad builder and Scott’s reaction. In reality, Scott “slapped him around” because Jimmy showed up too early for a deal that he didn’t know about. But Jimmy doesn’t accept that as the reason, and instead traces it back to a personal fault, something he will go on to make a habit of until he dies in the desert.

After all, it becomes very easy to explain away various mishaps and misfortunes as “oh I’m just not a builder” or “oh I must not have been thinking,” when Scott’s favorite activity is implying Jimmy is incompetent and can’t be trusted to do anything on his own. (Some fun scott quotes being “why do I let you do things” “as long as we dont let jimmy do anything we’ll be fine,” and most directly, “see that’s why I said, ‘I dont trust Jimmy with anything’ because he’s incompetent”)

And it’s funny, right? Because Jimmy isn’t one to just let people put him down like that. When other people in other series tell Jimmy that his house is ugly, Jimmy will defend it with pride and stand up for it twice as much to compensate. But when Scott calls his house ugly, he tells Scott to stay put while he quickly runs to try and fix it, and then hurries back to ask if it’s better. Because he admires Scott, he never stops admiring him, he’s always expressing that (“you’re good at everything” “you’re full of good ideas, aren’t you?” “how are you such a good builder?”). And he doesn’t get defensive when Scott says these things, not in the same way— He tries to, but it comes across more desperate than anything (“say something good about me!”) because he places Scott on such a high pedestal and yearns for that approval. Scott is different.

This is how, despite all odds, it gets to him. And it changes how Jimmy perceives himself. Scott doesn’t trust Jimmy not to fuck up any given task, so Jimmy doesn’t trust himself in later episodes, especially post-Dogwarts explosion. The cake scene, while admittedly a very cute moment (so I do hate to cite this here but it’s a good example), works because Scott left a cake in Jimmy’s room without saying anything, and knew that the first thing Jimmy would do is get scared and come get him. Because that is the first thing 3l!Jimmy thinks to do when he’s scared! And it’s entirely unsurprising how it got that way! In the very first episode, Scott tells Jimmy that if it wasn’t for Scott finding him in the beginning, he would’ve been the first to die. It’s generally a joke to point to fh and go “Jimmy is like Scott’s pet lol, Jimmy is like a lost puppy without Scott” but there really is some truth in that, and I find that to be somewhat haunting considering Jimmy takes so much pride in his independence usually. Jimmy’s hesitance towards making independent decisions can also be traced back to Scott finding Jimmy’s independent decisions inherently frustrating but that’s already part of the FH dissection essay I have in my drafts and this post is long enough already. There’s also a whole other discussion to be had about how Scott’s say is the final say no matter what and Jimmy knows that which deincentivizes independent decision making in the first place (REPEATEDLY POINTS TO “I’ll try and sweet talk him, but if he starts hitting me, what can I do?”) but that is also for the essay

I dont know where I was going with this. I think I made my point in the third paragraph but I feel lots of things about these characters and have lots to say so as I kept writing I got more and more emotional and now I think I’ve driven my little block people shaped autism car into a brick wall. I think I’m going to go throw up and then let the earth reclaim me. yeaj that sounds good

TL;DR: girl I dont even know

hermit fanon swap - an art game!

Reblog this to let your followers know they can send art requests to your ask box

if you are a writer you can also reblog this and make little snippets about hermits and their new traits

Vex!Grian and Avian!Mumbo as fun examples

Artless version behind the cut:

(tentatively) an impulse... if you will......... meow

free base amd him without shading under the cut !

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me when I do requests (all drawn today. spare me YEP)

I haven't drawn in ages dear glaux 💔 but anyways this was for a silly little art trade !!

if you'd like to do one. ujm uhm uh. hmu